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    Quote Originally Posted by mickcant View Post
    Hello,
    With my wife and I, we are still waiting for her settlement visa but if possible she wants to work to give her the independance to be able to send money home without asking me.
    As I have just retired I will happly become the "House Husband".
    Mick.
    Ironing, cooking, cleaning the house, etc. that's sweet of you
    Not an expert, I only try to help.


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    Quote Originally Posted by LadyJ View Post
    Ironing, cooking, cleaning the house, etc. that's sweet of you
    Hi Lady,
    Yes I will do all that except the ironing, I drip dry insted!
    And with the cooking that will also mean I do not have fish and rice every meal
    Mick.


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    i wanted to work but my husband wants me to stay home...
    God grant me the serenity to accept the things i cannot change, the courage to change the things i can and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those people i had to kill because they pissed me off.


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    Quote Originally Posted by maria_and_matt View Post
    i wanted to work but my husband wants me to stay home...
    you listen to your husband

    my misses doesn't listen to anything i say


    but she does what she wants, works part time, studying, cooking, cleaning, looking after the kids and sleeping


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    Quote Originally Posted by joebloggs View Post
    you listen to your husband

    my misses doesn't listen to anything i say


    but she does what she wants, works part time, studying, cooking, cleaning, looking after the kids and sleeping
    i have to listen if i dont bad things will happen to me
    God grant me the serenity to accept the things i cannot change, the courage to change the things i can and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those people i had to kill because they pissed me off.


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    Quote Originally Posted by maria_and_matt View Post
    i wanted to work but my husband wants me to stay home...
    Lucky you...you have all the time in the world to enjoy the UK. That would be fantastic too if you have friends around who are also not working so you can do some chika chika anytime.


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    Quote Originally Posted by miss.piggy View Post
    Lucky you...you have all the time in the world to enjoy the UK. That would be fantastic too if you have friends around who are also not working so you can do some chika chika anytime.
    its boring now been here at home for 9 years
    God grant me the serenity to accept the things i cannot change, the courage to change the things i can and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those people i had to kill because they pissed me off.


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    When you're not working, you wish that you are working and
    when you're working, you keep wishing you're not working

    I don't know anymore
    The bravest thing that men do is love women--Mort Sahl


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    Quote Originally Posted by gracia143 View Post
    When you're not working, you wish that you are working and
    when you're working, you keep wishing you're not working

    I don't know anymore
    100%
    Not an expert, I only try to help.


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    Quote Originally Posted by gracia143 View Post
    When you're not working, you wish that you are working and
    when you're working, you keep wishing you're not working

    I don't know anymore
    Very true
    "10% of life is made up of what happens to you, 90% is decided by how you react"
    "The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost"


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    Quote Originally Posted by gracia143 View Post
    When you're not working, you wish that you are working and
    when you're working, you keep wishing you're not working

    I don't know anymore
    very true
    LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL


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    Quote Originally Posted by gracia143 View Post
    When you're not working, you wish that you are working and
    when you're working, you keep wishing you're not working

    I don't know anymore
    Exactly!.. When i went to the jobcentreplus the representative told me "if i were you i will just enjoy shopping and leisure"..no need to work. Then i thought " i want to have a job like hers....
    " The people who mean something to your life are not rated "the best" don't have the most money, haven't won the greatest prizes....
    They are the ones who care about you, take care of you, those who, no matter what, stay close by... "


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    Quote Originally Posted by LadyJ View Post
    Ironing, cooking, cleaning the house, etc. that's sweet of you
    Hi LadyJ,

    Nice to see we are appreciated!

    The stereotype of a man who cannot do these things or equally the one of the helpless woman who cannot put a shelf up has gone these days in my opinion.
    There are some women who are very capable at practical things, and there are some men who can "iron, cook and clean the house".

    When my wife sees me wash the dishes sometimes, she says "are you a woman, dear", but she is the first one to tell her Filipina friends that I do a lot of cooking for her.

    However, I think it is rather nice to see my wife cook for me, maybe it is something that harkens back to our ancestors and what we perceive.
    It seems that the boundaries of male/female roles have blurred over the last 50 years as people live increasingly single lives.


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